Universal Battery Recycling System (UBRS)

随着电动汽车（EV）的快速发展，从2025年到2030年，大量高压锂离子电池将达到寿命终结（EoL）。为了克服即将到来的“电池垃圾海啸”，建立一个足够一致的电池回收渠道至关重要。然而，现有的工业回收受到各种因素的阻碍，使大规模回收变得困难，同时保持经济可行性。法拉第研究所以及更广泛的电池和制造业认识到，需要修订政策和监管框架，以解决整个电动汽车电池生命周期中的回收问题，包括：1。锂离子电池的连贯废物层次战略，解决寿命终止管理问题，包括在英国而不是在国外回收、再利用和重新利用电池。2 .明确关于再利用和重新利用的规定和政策。3 .支持向循环经济模式转变的扩大生产者责任（EPR）法规。回收和再制造的生态设计标准。5 .更新和澄清与电动汽车锂离子电池有关的现行废物管理法，以确保对人类健康和环境的高标准保护。作为2021年废电池和蓄电池法规审查的一部分，引入了锂离子电池的强制性化学标签要求。为英国新的锂离子电池回收行业的蓬勃发展创造条件的战略。为了支持这一框架并应对所概述的挑战，recyus集团和伯明翰大学（UoB）的先进材料与加工实验室（AMPLab）将合作创建第一个能够从任何类型的电动汽车和锂离子电池中分解和回收材料的移动电池回收系统。通用电池回收系统（UBRS）将为英国各地的电动汽车和锂离子电池的安全环保回收提供可靠、经济、自动化的流程。

With the recent rapid development of the electric vehicle (EV), significant quantities of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries will reach the end-of-life (EoL) from 2025-2030\. In order to overcome the upcoming "battery waste tsunami", it is crucial to set up a sufficiently consistent battery recycling channel. However, existing industrial recycling is hampered by a variety of factors that make large-scale recycling difficult while maintaining economic viability.The Faraday Institute and wider battery and manufacturing industries recognise the need for a revised policy and regulatory framework to address recycling issues across the entire EV battery lifecycle, including:1. A coherent waste hierarchy strategy for lithium-ion batteries, which addresses end-of-life management and covers recycling, re-use, and repurposing of the batteries in the UK rather than abroad.2. Clear regulation and policy on re-use and re-purposing.3. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations that support a move to a circular economy model.4. Eco-design criteria for recycling and remanufacturing.5. Update and clarification of existing waste management law as it relates to EV lithium-ion batteries to ensure a high standard of protection for human health and the environment.6. The introduction, as part of the review of the Waste Battery and Accumulator Regulations in 2021, of mandatory chemistry labelling requirements for lithium-ion batteries.7. A strategy to create the conditions for a new lithium-ion battery recycling industry in the UK to flourish.In order to support this framework and address the challenges outlined, Recyclus Group and the Advanced Materials & Processing Laboratory (AMPLab) at the University of Birmingham (UoB) will collaborate to create the first mobile battery recycling system capable of shredding and recovering materials from any type of EV and lithium-ion batteries. The Universal Battery Recycling System (UBRS) will offer a reliable, cost-effective, and automated process for the safe and environmentally friendly recycling of EV and lithium-ion batteries across the UK.